blättern — German conjugation
to leaf through
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Regular
Präsens is the default present for facts, habits, and near-future plans. German has no continuous aspect in the same way as English, so a single form often covers both “I work” and “I am working” when you add a time adverb or context.
Ich arbeite heute im Homeoffice.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | blättere | I leaf through |
| du | blätterst | you leaf through |
| er/sie/es | blättert | he/she/it leafs through |
| wir | blättern | we leaf through |
| ihr | blättert | you (pl.) leaf through |
| sie/Sie | blättern | they leaf through |
Simple past (Präteritum) Regular
Präteritum is a narrative past, common in print and in northern speech, while southern speakers lean on the perfect in conversation. sein and haben keep their Präteritum even when you otherwise avoid the preterite.
Er war müde, aber er hatte keinen Kaffee mehr.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | blätterte | I leafed through |
| du | blättertest | you leafed through |
| er/sie/es | blätterte | he/she/it leafed through |
| wir | blätterten | we leafed through |
| ihr | blättertet | you (pl.) leafed through |
| sie/Sie | blätterten | they leafed through |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Regular
The Perfekt is the everyday past for finished events: auxiliary haben or sein plus participle, with sein for most motion, coming/going, and some change-of-state verbs.
Wir sind rechtzeitig angekommen und haben gefeiert.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe geblättert | I have leafed through |
| du | hast geblättert | you have leafed through |
| er/sie/es | hat geblättert | he/she/it has leafed through |
| wir | haben geblättert | we have leafed through |
| ihr | habt geblättert | you (pl.) have leafed through |
| sie/Sie | haben geblättert | they have leafed through |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Regular
The Plusquamperfekt is the pluperfect: it marks what had already completed before a later past episode in the same narrative.
Sie war schon gegangen, bevor er ankam.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte geblättert | I had leafed through |
| du | hattest geblättert | you had leafed through |
| er/sie/es | hatte geblättert | he/she/it had leafed through |
| wir | hatten geblättert | we had leafed through |
| ihr | hattet geblättert | you (pl.) had leafed through |
| sie/Sie | hatten geblättert | they had leafed through |
Future I (Futur I) Regular
Futur I is for predictions, firm promises, and also probability about the present in colloquial German. Everyday speech very often uses Präsens plus a time expression instead.
Morgen schneit es, sagt der Wetterbericht.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde blättern | I will leaf through |
| du | wirst blättern | you will leaf through |
| er/sie/es | wird blättern | he/she/it will leaf through |
| wir | werden blättern | we will leaf through |
| ihr | werdet blättern | you (pl.) will leaf through |
| sie/Sie | werden blättern | they will leaf through |
Future II (Futur II) Regular
Futur II (werden + participle + haben/sein) names an action that will be completed before a later time, and can also express a guess that something must already have happened.
Bis Freitag werde ich alles gepackt haben.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde geblättert haben | I will have leafed through |
| du | wirst geblättert haben | you will have leafed through |
| er/sie/es | wird geblättert haben | he/she/it will have leafed through |
| wir | werden geblättert haben | we will have leafed through |
| ihr | werdet geblättert haben | you (pl.) will have leafed through |
| sie/Sie | werden geblättert haben | they will have leafed through |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Regular
Konjunktiv II is the mood for politeness, contrary-to-fact if-clauses, and reported views. In speech, würde + infinitive often stands in for rarer preterit-based forms.
Könnten Sie mir bitte helfen?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | blätterte |
| du | blättertest |
| er/sie/es | blätterte |
| wir | blätterten |
| ihr | blättertet |
| sie/Sie | blätterten |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Regular
The imperative uses the du, ihr, and Sie forms of command; the informal du form drops the -st of the present for many strong verbs, and separable-prefix verbs place the prefix at the end.
Mach bitte schnell, der Zug fährt gleich ab.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | blättere |
| ihr | blättert |